I worked for a federal LEA in the early 80s and my office was on the 8th floor. I worked two blocks from the WH. Im
My knowledge and experience are limited to off-conus projects involving Clowns (no black ops).
It would seem that the Clown lingo “run that by the suits on the 7th floor” is ubiquitous among the Washington DC bureaus and agencies.
Maybe everyone else picked it up to try to be like the cool kids?
Face it, Clowns have always been the cool kids.
Especially the rank and file.
*excuse me while I turn Hannity down...*
This may be more correct if the Clowns are actually in charge of the entire IC.
I worked at Harry S Truman beginning immediately after 9/11...eight floors with a basement and sub-basement. We referred to the SecState floor as 9th floor...not sure why, but everyone did, so, so did I.
Okay, so that person was wrong, I know zip nada about DC.